Selling humans is Illegal-all over the world . AngelsInThe Field Rescue, Rehabilitation Education, prevention ,speaking engagements.Breaking the cycle by reporting Human Slavery if you know someone is in this situation call don't just let it go. sometimes some of the slavery,end in domestic violence because human gets torture or mentally abuse,beaten. You never know when you can save a life by reporting some of suspicious Act. If you hear anything that you think is domestic violence or you think someone is been taken. Report it. suspicious bars with teen is illegal and is child sexual exploited. Woman in the windows, that is a sign of slavery Report it. A child or a teenager in the street at 12Am in the morning is a sign of prostitution. Thank You for reporting. By DJs Angels I was a slave 22 years of slavery and 22th years of knowledge of the trade of Human trafficking

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Human trafficking is defined as the use of force, fraud, or coercion to make an individual work in ANY industry. Victims can be men, women, and children of all socioeconomic status, education, backgrounds, nationalities and professions.

The International Labor Organization reports that human trafficking generates $150 billion globally with $99 billion from commercial sexual exploitation. A 2014 Urban Institute report of underground commercial sex economy in eight U.S. cities (including Seattle) estimated this illicit activity generates between $39.9 million and $290 million in revenue for each city. The majority of girls are trafficked between the ages of 14 and 17.[1]

As a result of its coastal location, Washington State is a major hotbed of sex trafficking – particularly along the I-5 corridor. Victims may be trafficked into the U.S. from overseas and forced to labor or be prostituted through violence, threats and coercion. Or, they are increasingly U.S. citizens lured into a lifestyle from which escape can be impossible without outside intervention.

Washington Engage is unique in that we approach anti-human trafficking efforts through legislative advocacy, professional engagement and community grassroots partnerships – a symbiotic relationship that sustains and informs our work at multiple levels. Our policy initiatives, innovative programs and community Coalitions Against Trafficking are integral to creating sustainable and permanent change in Washington State.

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Not In Our CitiesWhy Human Trafficking? (article written and submitted by Gennevieve St. Leger) Why Human Trafficking? Why do criminals and criminal organizations traffic in humans? This question can be answered with one word: money. Human trafficking is the third most profitable business for organized crime; the first and second are drug and arms trafficking. Pino Arlacchi, Director General for the International Seminar on Trafficking in Human Beings in Brazil, states that many drug traffickers are switching to human trafficking due to higher profits and lower risk. The United Nations estimates the total number of people trafficked every year is between 700 thousand and 1 million. It also estimates that 79 percent of these victims are trafficked for sexual exploitation. Human trafficking takes place in every country and it generates tens of billions of dollars of profit each year. What is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is “the acquisition of people by improper means such as force, fraud, or deception, with the aim of exploiting them.” Human Trafficking applies to all people, not just women but men too. Not just children but also adults. Sometimes people are forced away from their homes violently. Other times they are tricked with promises of food, shelter, and an overall better life. Sometimes a trusted friend or family member sees a poor family struggling and offers to take custody of a child or two to provide them with better shelter and ample food. Some are told they can get a good paying farming or factory job in a nearby town; however, they never get what they are promised. The main objective of traffickers is to exploit the people they take. This exploitation can be sexual; forcing the victims to become prostitutes in brothels or sexslaves for a master. Or, this exploitation can be based on labor; where victims are forced into various forms of non-sexual servitude. What is the Difference Between Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Persons? Smuggling of persons is when one pays a person to smuggle them into a county illegally. One of the main differences between human trafficking and smuggling is consent. Victims of human trafficking do not consent to being transported to another country nor do they consent to what happens when they get to their destination. In smuggling, the person wants to go to the country the smuggler takes them to. Once a smuggled immigrant gets into his or her desired country that person is free to find employment, to find a place to live, and so-on. A victim of human trafficking is forced to work where his or her abductors demand and the victim does not receive any compensation for the work; the abductors keep all proceeds of the victims’ labor. Smuggling is always transporting a person from one country to another. Many human trafficking victims never leave their country, or even their state. Sometimes, people who pay to be smuggled into another country become victims of human trafficking. After being voluntarily smuggled into another country these victims become exploited by their smugglers and are forced into brothels or to work for very little or nothing.

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Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman’s Office, High Tech Crimes Unit, coordinated a predator operation to identify and arrest individuals who would sexually prey on children within the boundaries of Harris County Precinct 4.
The operation was conducted with assistance and cooperation from members of the Houston Metro Internet Crimes against Children Task Force, specifically; The Harris County Sheriff’s Office-High Tech Crimes Unit, Department of Homeland Security-Cyber Squad, Harris County District Attorney’s Office, The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office and the Houston Police Department.
The child predator operation was conducted using various social media outlets, during a 3 day period from Tuesday, Dec. 15, through Thursday, Dec. 17, in the suburban area of northwest Harris County.
There were a total of eight defendants arrested for conversing with persons whom they believed to be minor children. The suspects then traveled to a location where they expected to meet a child for the purposes of a prearranged sexual encounter. The suspects were all intercepted by law enforcement and subsequently arrested for the offense of online solicitation of a minor.
Suspect Damien Savannah placed an ad on Craigslist. The ad was answered by an undercover investigator from Constable Mark Herman’s Office.
Savannah stated he wanted to have sex with the undercover officer’s juvenile daughter and agreed to pay money for the arranged sexual encounter. Savannah was provided a location and upon his arrival, he was intercepted by law enforcement and subsequently arrested for the offense of online solicitation to commit human trafficking of a minor.
“This is a great example of Team Work between all law enforcement agencies involved,” said Constable Mark Herman. “Our communities and children are much safer with these suspects off our streets.”
Herman’s Office will continue to support these types of collaborative efforts with local, state and federal agencies in order to seek out and apprehend those in our communities who intend to harm and/or sexually prey upon our children.
All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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YouTuber Steven Fernandez, left, Jose Barajas and Keelan Lamar Dadd have been arrested and charged with the sexual exploitation of a 12-year-old girl. (Los Angeles Police Department)
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Los Angeles police have accused a 15-year-old skateboarding sensation, his adult manager and another man of sexually exploiting a 12-year-old girl who reportedly was “lured off the street in hopes of meeting celebrities.”

In a statement released Thursday by the Los Angeles Police Department, investigators said they were taking the unusual step of publicizing the name of the juvenile suspect in order to identify other potential victims.

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“We’re taking exceptional measures to find additional victims because the fate of some young lives may be at stake,” LAPD Det. Ninette Toosbuy said.

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Compton skateboarder Steven Fernandez, a YouTube personality who markets a clothing brand, was arrested along with his manager, Jose Barajas, 22, in a sting operation on Nov. 17, police said. Another man, Keelan Lamar Dadd, 27, a professional skateboarder, turned himself in on Dec. 3, authorities said.

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According to investigators, the victim told them that Fernandez called her over to a car on Ventura Boulevard in Encino on Nov. 13. Fernandez allegedly told the girl he would introduce her to celebrities and include her in an “MTV special” if she engaged in sexual acts with the three men.

The victim’s mother found out about the episode and police were informed. Investigators then posed as the 12-year-old and arranged by text message to meet the suspects in an abandoned home for sex.

As a result of that sting operation, Fernandez was booked on suspicion of procuring a child to engage in a lewd act, as well as lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14.

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He was released into his mother’s custody and ordered to wear an ankle tracker.

Fernandez’s attorney, Ryan D’Ambrosio, said Thursday that his client had been taken advantage of.

“Steven is just as much of a victim as the other minor involved,” D’Ambrosio said. “We feel that his celebrity status was preyed upon by these adults.”

D’Ambrosio said there would be no further statements until the completion of the investigation.

Barajas and Dadd also have been booked on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14. Both have been released on bail.

Investigators said they believed that Fernandez and his friends cruised around places such as Encino and Hollywood trying to meet girls. The 12-year-old victim came forward in large part because her mother discovered the incident, Toosbuy said.

Detectives released the name of the 15-year-old, citing section 827.5 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code, which allows for the disclosure of the name of a minor taken into custody for commission of any serious felony.

Investigators said they wanted parents to look at the names and pictures of the defendants and ask their daughters whether there had been any contact.

“The way in which Steven Fernandez and his cohorts lured this 12-year-old, it appears that that’s their lifestyle,” Toosbuy said. “I’m afraid that there might be other tweens out there who fell into the trappings of this particular young girl and might be ashamed and embarrassed to say anything.”

Undercover detectives posed as women soliciting payment for sex and placed ads on the site. They arranged to meet with the men who responded at local hotels located off Interstate 95 at the Coventry/West Greenwich line.

Seven men were arrested Friday and charged with procurement of sexual conduct for a fee.

The idea for the sting originally began as a collaborative idea between the Coventry and West Greenwich Police Departments, as part of an effort to combat a rise in sex and human trafficking. The Providence Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations also became involved in the operation.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A local motel where investigators say young girls were brought and forced to work as part of a sex trafficking ring has been stripped of its franchise.

The owner of the motel is accused of profiting from teen prostitution. According to the Department of Justice, Charlotte ranks in the top 10 nationally for sex trafficking.

Hannah Arrowood, the Executive Director of Present Age Ministries, a group that rescues teens from human traffickers, said most people would be surprised to know how big the problem is in Charlotte.

“What we’ve learned is Charlotte becomes a central hub for various factors, but one of the main ones being all of the interstate highways are so accessible,” said Arrowood.

Red Roof Inn has terminated its franchise agreement with the west Charlotte motel, located at 3300 Queen City Drive.

The owner, Chandresh Patel, through his attorneys released a statement, saying “they were recently advised of criminal activity which took place at the hotel in the past,” and they are in “regular communications with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and are taking action to resolve the issues.”

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Patel and his attorneys also pointed out that they have new management in place and new procedures in place to eliminate the conditions that may have allowed criminal activity in the past.

The federal investigation took several months before authorities made a move. Last week, the FBI and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police filed the paperwork asking to seize the property from its owner due to sex trafficking violations that happened on the premises.

Sources told WCNC that pimps would transport young girls from out of state and force them to work. Arrowood’s organization works with girls as young as 12 years old.

“I think they would be shocked to find it in their local high schools. I think they would be shocked to find it in their local churches. I think they would be shocked to find it at the malls they shop at,” said Arrowood.

Sources told WCNC that this is the first time in North Carolina that authorities have attempted to seize a property due to human trafficking.

DELHI TWP. —Two people are jailed after an investigation into alleged sex trafficking.

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Delhi police said that on Dec. 30, the victim advised that Carrie Mills, 36, lured her to engage in sexual acts with Gerald Imsicke, 52, on several occasions between 2011 and 2013, starting when the victim was 13.

Mills was arrested at her home in Delhi Township. She was interviewed and admitted to the offense, police said. Mills was charged with one count of trafficking in persons.

Police said Imsicke was arrested at his home in Middletown and charged with one count of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.

Prosecutors in Phoenix are celebrating a major victory this week after securing a guilty verdict for a man convicted under Arizona’s “child prostitution” law for attempting to buy sex with a law enforcement officer who he believed to be a 16 year old girl. According to Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery, this is the first jury verdict for this type of operation in Arizona.

The case of Paul Daniel Wagner, which was prosecuted by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office will have statewide impact as the jury’s verdict clarifies that trying to buy sex with a minor, or someone posing as a minor, is a serious crime.

As Shared Hope’s Protected Innocence Challenge report card for Arizona shows, Arizona has strong laws to combat demand for commercial sex with minors, a driving force behind the sex trafficking industry. However, bringing buyers to justice is a resource-intensive and challenging task. A primary challenge in combatting demand has been the growth of online exploitation of juvenile sex trafficking victims which allows both traffickers and buyers to remain anonymous and avoid detection by law enforcement.

In recent years, Phoenix-area law enforcement have led efforts to tackle demand through online sting operations and as a result, the area has seen a substantial increase in the identification and arrest of offenders seeking to pay for sex with a minor. When Shared Hope conducted an assessment of Arizona’s response to sex trafficking in 2010, research showed that only five of the 87 cases prosecuted under the “child prostitution” law since 2006 had involved buyers. In contrast, when Shared Hope conducted an assessment of anti-demand enforcement in Arizona in 2015, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office had commenced 89 prosecutions of buyers under the child prostitution law since December 2013.

Nevertheless, prosecution of buyers arrested during sting operations has presented its own set of challenges. In Shared Hope’s 2015 research, Demanding Justice Arizona, online sting operations served as the primary method of identifying buyers in the greater Phoenix region but one of the concerns to this approach was whether judges and juries would treat these cases as seriously as cases involving actual victims—particularly when offenders identified through sting operations were attempting to buy sex with a minor older than 15.

The jury verdict finding Paul Daniel Wagner guilty of a Class 2 felony for attempting to buy sex with a law enforcement officer who he believed to be a 16 year old girl indicates a rising intolerance for this crime. This case reflects the growing understanding that buyers of sex with minors—including those who target older minors—are not just guys who “made a mistake” or were “entrapped” but instead are serious offenders deserving of serious penalties.

A judge on Wednesday dismissed human trafficking and prostitution charges against a woman, formerly of South Carolina, after prosecutors determined she was actually a victim in the scheme to transport teen girls to Birmingham and force them into sexual servitude.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge Stephen Wallace dismissed two counts of human trafficking and two counts of promoting prostitution against 20-year-old Veronica Melvin.

Melvin had been charged with a South Carolina man, Jermaine Williams, after their arrest in 2013. The arrests were part of the FBI’s nationwide crackdown – Operation Cross Country – on child sex trafficking. Three juveniles, ages 13 to 17, were rescued in the Birmingham area during the sweep. The girls were being advertised on Backpage.com as ‘Barbie Dolls’.

“It became very clear during the investigation of this case that Veronica Melvin was a sex trafficking victim of Jermaine Williams,” Kistler stated in an email to AL.com on Thursday. “Our office, along with the law enforcement agencies who worked this case, agreed that justice required dropping her charges.”

“This case exemplifies that human trafficking exists, and that it is happening right here in our own community,” Kistler. “Victims of these cases suffer from the deprivation of one of the most important human rights afforded to us: the right to freedom. Human trafficking victims already have so much to fear from the predators who abuse them and exploit them for profit – they should not have to fear prosecution as well.”

Melvin’s attorney, David Luker, said it was a very complicated case and that he and his client are very satisfied with the outcome. “It was as a result of the district attorneys good judgment and willingness to analyze case that we were able to reach a fair and reasonable outcome,” he said.

Jermaine Williams entered a guilty plea in July to two Human Trafficking charges and was sentenced, per an agreement with prosecutors, to a 20-year sentence. According to the department of corrections, he will serve at least 85 percent before he is even eligible for parole, Kistler said.

These pictures tell a story about me, and it ain’t pretty. The first begins a photo session, about which I am less than thrilled. I know what is coming next. I loose every last thread of my human dignity. And for some reason, my dignity was important to me. The second photo is small and fussy, because it is just a test print. The pictures are moving in a direction not fit for public consumption. But if I close my eyes I remember just a peek or two. A male model, from the William Mortensen Studio in Laguna Beach, California, has joined my side of the camera, under the blazing hot lights. We form a picture perfect couple, me with my fair Nordic looks, him with his Mediterranean chiseled features and dark hair; me five years old, him twenty-two. Now the photos get arty as body parts meet body parts in erotica. (Such as the tip of my tongue meets his erect penis.) So much child pornography, we compete for our share of a very crowded market. It’s good practice for me, as I am about to move into the even more demanding arena of child sex trafficking and black mail. The Nazis that controlled my life had big plans for me. I was about to meet the rich and famous

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This is done to gain the child’s trust as well as the trust of those responsible for the child’s well-being. Additionally, a trusting relationship with the family means the child’s parents are less likely to believe potential accusations.

In the case of sexual grooming, child pornography images are often shown to the child as part of the grooming process.[2][3][4]

To establish a good relationship with the child and the child’s family, child groomers might do several things. For example, they might take an undue interest in someone else’s child, to be the child’s “special” friend to gain the child’s trust.[6] They might give gifts or money to the child for no apparent reason. They may show pornography—videos or pictures—to the child, hoping to make it easy for the child to accept such acts, thus normalizing the behavior. They may simply talk about sexual topics. These are just some of the methods a child groomer might use to gain a child’s trust and affection to allow them to do what they want. Hugging and kissing or other physical contact, even when the child does not want it, can happen. To the groomer, this is a way to get close.[dubious – discuss] They might talk about problems normally discussed between adults, or at least people of the same age. Topics might include marital problems and other conflicts. They may try to gain the child’s parents’ trust by befriending them, with the goal of easy access to the child. The child groomer might look for opportunities to have time alone with the child. This can be done by offering to babysit. The groomer may invite the child for sleepovers. This gives them the opportunity to sleep in the same room or even the same bed with the child.

Actions such as online communication have been defended by suspected offenders using the so-called ‘fantasy defense’, in which those accused argue that they were only expressing fantasies and not plans of future behavior. In the U.S., case law draws a distinction between those two and some people accused of ‘grooming’ have successfully used this defense.

over the internet grooming

Sexual grooming of children also occurs on the Internet. Some abusers will pose as children online and make arrangements to meet with them in person. Facebook has been involved in controversy as to whether or not it takes enough precautions. Jim Gamble, leader of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) of the United Kingdom, stated in April 2010 that his office received 292 complaints about Facebook users through the year of 2009 yet “None of these complaints came direct from Facebook.” A spokesman for Facebook responded to complaints by meeting Ceop directly in person, and saying, adamantly, “We take the issue of safety very seriously.”[8]

In 2003, MSN implemented restrictions in their chat rooms purportedly intended to help protect children from adults seeking sexual conversations with them. In 2005, Yahoo! chat rooms were investigated by the New York State attorney general’s office for allowing users to create rooms whose names suggested that they were being used for this purpose. That October, Yahoo! agreed to “implement policies and procedures designed to ensure” that such rooms would not be allowed.

Some vigilante organizations use operatives posing as underage teens on the internet to identify potential child molesters and turn the information over to the police and the courts. The news program Dateline NBC features the recurring segment “To Catch a Predator”, based on documenting such activities.

Multiple computer programs have been developed to help identify grooming and warn parents. Such software analyzes chat room and other Instant messaging logs for activity that may identify grooming or other potentially suspicious activities. Some of the technologies have been adapted to social networking services and ISPs

Victims
Sexual grooming of children over the internet is most prevalent (99% of cases) amongst the 13–17 age group, particularly the 13–14 years old children (48%). The majority of them are girls. The majority of the victimization occurs over the mobile phone support. Children and teenagers with behavioral issues such as higher attention seekers have a much higher risk than others.

United States[edit]
In the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 2422 makes it a federal offense to use the mail, interstate commerce, etc. to entice a minor to sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense. 18 U.S.C. § 2425 makes it a federal offense to transmit information about a person below the age of 16 for this purpose. Some states have additional statutes covering seducing a child online, such as the Florida law that makes “Use of a Computer to Seduce a Child” a felony.

Laws focused on ‘grooming’ were first enforced federally against Alabaman Jerry Alan Penton in 2009. Penton received 20 years in prison for that action coupled with another 20 for his distribution and possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison on a variety of charges relating to child pornography

Bad parenting made young white girls an easy target for ‘grotesque’ exploitation at the hands of Asian sex gangs, says Judge
Girl and a second victim were repeatedly raped on ‘an almost daily basis’
Six men guilty of grooming, drugging and abusing children in Aylesbury
Judge jails them for 82 years for targeting vulnerable white girls
He said: ‘If they pursued Asian under-age girls, they would have paid a heavy price in their community’
By MARTIN ROBINSON FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 09:09 EST, 7 September 2015 | UPDATED: 04:31 EST, 8 September 2015

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Poor parenting may have helped push vulnerable under-age white girls into the hands of Asian sex gangs, one of Britain’s most senior judges has said.
Judge John Bevan spoke out as he jailed six members of a paedophile ring for a total of 82 years for grooming and raping white girls because of their six year campaign of ‘grotesque’ abuse.
The men targeted vulnerable children in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire for sex secured with ‘the price of a McDonald’s, a milkshake and a cinema ticket’, the Old Bailey heard.
Vikram Singh, Asif Hussain, Arshad Jani, Mohammed Imran, Akbari Khan and Taimoor Khan were jailed for between three years and 19-and-a-half years.
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Gang members: Today Vikram Singh, Asif Hussain and Arshad Jani (left to right) were jailed for abusing children in Aylesbury
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Abusers: Mohammed Imran, Akbari Khan and Taimoor Khan (left to right) were each jailed for up to 19 years at the Old Bailey
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Judge John Bevan said poor parental supervision of the children made the victims into easy targets.
Mr Justice Bevan added the men, of Indian and Pakistani descent, may have targeted white girls because ‘if they pursued Asian girls they would have paid a heavy price in their community.’
The abuse between from 2006 and 2012 included multiple rapes of a child under 13, child prostitution and administering a substance to ‘stupefy’ a girl in order to engage in sexual activity.
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After the sex gang was jailed today it emerged that one victim, known only as child B, is suing Buckinghamshire County Council for negligence resulting in the unnecessary suffering of the victims.
In a statement the woman, who had been in care, said that ‘no sentence could ever put right what happened’.
But she said: ‘It’s an opportunity for all of us to say to the Government and to social services, whose job it is to protect vulnerable people, that it is time to sit down and listen to our experiences, and I mean actually listen and reflect on what is happening in this country.
‘This would go a long way in helping them to be able to understand the problems that exist, to enable them to prevent things like this from happening to others in the future.’
Her solicitor Alan Collins added: ‘It is without doubt that if social services had done more to protect the victims and spotted the crucial signs that something was wrong, we wouldn’t be here today.
‘However, the sentencing of these individuals does not make up for the failings. As a consequence, we will now be taking legal action against Buckinghamshire County Council for their negligence in this case which resulted in the unnecessary suffering of these victims.’
Javed Khan, chief executive of the charity Barnardo’s which has supported the victims, said: ‘These sentences send out an important message: abusers will pay for their actions. Their crimes have had a devastating impact on their victims.
‘We will continue to work with Thames Valley Police, Buckinghamshire County Council and our other partners to stamp out this terrible crime, by raising awareness of the signs a child or young person is being sexually exploited, and supporting victims.’
Most of the offences related to child A, who was present in court to see the men who robbed her of her teenage years jailed.
In a statement, she told of her feelings of ‘worthlessness’ as she battled depression and alcohol addiction, adding: ‘I feel my teenage years were taken away from me.’
Sentencing, judge John Bevan QC paid tribute to her bravery in laying bare her life ‘warts and all’ and said the way some of the defendants took advantage of her vulnerability was ‘grotesque’.
He said: ‘She sought friendship amongst Asian males in their 20s and for the price of a McDonald’s, a milkshake and cinema ticket, she became ‘liked’ by stall holders in Aylesbury market, taxi and bus drivers.
‘By the age of 13 she was sexually experienced, confusing sexual gratification for friendship and love.’
By the time she was 16, the girl had been abused by just under 70 men and her vulnerability should have been ‘blindingly obvious’, the judge said.
He went on: ‘Why these defendants focused their attention on white under-age girls is unexplained but I have no doubt vulnerability played a substantial part in it.
‘The combination of inadequate parenting leading to rebellious children lacking supervision provided an opportunity.
‘If they pursued Asian under-age girls, they would have paid a heavy price in their community.’
The two victims came from troubled backgrounds and wanted to feel grown-up when they were befriended by the men, who groomed them by showering them with inexpensive gifts such as alcohol, DVDs, food and occasionally drugs.
While aged just 12 or 13, child A was passed between some 60 mainly Asian men for sex after being conditioned into thinking it was normal behaviour, jurors were told.
The vast majority of the charges related to this child, while three charges related to girl B.
During the trial, prosecutor Oliver Saxby QC told the jury the youngsters were ‘easy prey for a group of men wanting casual sexual gratification that was easy, regular and readily available’.
He said the girls’ ideas of what was right had been ‘completely distorted’, and that they thought what was happening was ‘normal’ and ‘natural’.
Many of the defendants were friends from the Aylesbury area. Some were married and had children, with some working on the market and a few working as taxi drivers.

A bare 12 months into the police investigation into Rotherham child sex exploitation (CSE) allegations and one startling new fact has emerged: it may cost nearly £7m this year alone as it potentially becomes ‘the single largest CSE investigation ever undertaken in the UK’.

A new report has highlighted the National Crime Agency (NCA) Operation Stovewood as one of the key financial pressures on South Yorkshire Police. It also declined to nominate a date for the publication of its report.

The force is underwriting the investigation by the NCA into historic Rotherham child sexual exploitation offences in the wake of police failures in the town’s child grooming scandal.

The NCA said in June it had identified 300 potential suspects and was following up on 3,300 lines of enquiry in relation to allegations covering 1997 to 2013. This is the same period covered by the damning Jay report that found there were at least 1,400 victims of abuse.

At that stage, officials said the operation may last up to three years, at an annual cost of between £3m to £5m. But a study by the South Yorkshire Police commissioner’s finance officer suggests the outlay of the NCA investigation in 2015 ‘could cost approximately £6.9m’ under one option being examined.
It said: “Discussions are taking place with the NCA regarding the level of resourcing requested for the ongoing investigative work.”

As Breibart London has previously revealed, in a concurrent probe more than 160 police officers are under investigation Rotherham over allegations they systematically ignored complaints of widespread child sexual exploitation.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has already identified 60 officers as part of a major investigation into the scandal and 100 others are in their sights.

The watchdog is examining whether or not disciplinary or even legal action should be brought against police officers who are accused of ignoring victims’ claims that they were being sexually trafficked and abused.

The South Yorkshire finance report has suggested Operation Stovewood retains the scope to exceed any other now underway in the UK. These include Operation Pallial, looking into claims of sexual abuse in the care system in North Wales, which involves around 320 potential victims and the Met Police-run Operation Yewtree, an enquiry into alleged child sexual exploitation by the late Jimmy Savile and others.

It said: “As Operation Stovewood has progressed, it has become clear that it has the potential to be the single largest CSE investigation ever undertaken in the UK.”

A spokesman for the NCA said: “We provide the force with regular updates on the costs/future costs of the investigation for each phase/accounting period. The level of resources required is benchmarked against similar investigations conducted elsewhere and national best practice.

“The investigation is large and complex, and involves investigating criminal activity over a 16-year-period by both organised groups and individuals. Work to identify all victims of non-familial CSE in Rotherham, potentially 1,400 people, is ongoing. We have prioritised two specific investigations under Operation Stovewood at this point.

“Investigations are conducted to a professional standard and as quickly as possible. The speed of an investigation is therefore based on the level of resources available at any given time. The standards to which we work, in the interests of victims/survivors, suspects and the criminal justice system, are non-negotiable. We expect the investigation to take a number of years.”

Grooming is the slow process of breaking down someone until they are too vulnerable to seek help.They manipulate your thought processes while gaining your empathy removing all the red flags that beep at sign of danger. Grooming children can be done online or in person by strangers or people they know. They develop an emotional connection in order to gain trust. Many children have no idea they have been groomed or even abused. Most often they know they don’t like the abuse but never speak up. This is because they trust the abuser wouldn’t hurt them. They believe this abuse is how they show they love them. They share stories of their own abuse to bond.

Grooming is done through little things you need and you crave. When someone gives you attention you soak it up like a sponge. They buy you gifts making you feel special and loved. They offer up advice spinning it to make you feel best and blame someone else. They are very attentive which is what everyone wants . They take you places which can constitute love to a small child. This day and age most households have 2 working parents so the attention is lacking. A toddler does not understand the parents have to work to have a home,food and clothes. They only know no one seems to be there. All these things create a trusting bond.

You begin to defend them and make excuses or lie for them. The image that they care and are the only one there for you has been seeded. They nurture and grow the seed a little at a time. The victim tends to be vulnerable in some way whether it’s a hard time, a loss, insecure or lonely. They find your weakest spot and use that to convince you their abuse is yours or someone else’s fault. They isolate you leaving no signs for family and friends to pick up on until it’s too late. They play on things people say and do to convince you they are the only one who loves you and is there for you. It sounds so simple black and white when I write it but it’s subtle and only the aware or paranoid would catch it. Its done when your guard is down and your not looking for it.

The next phase is to exploit you. They isolate and create things making you feel like they are the only one. This creates a sole dependency that is so important. This means you won’t ride telling making them mad, sad or go away. On a scale they mean more than you don’t like the abuse. So you keep silent to protect the person. They now have control over you. They keep you silent thinking its normal. They convince you no one will believe you or you deserve it. Some tell the child you will be homeless. The other I hear most is I will be killed because they won’t understand our bond. Then I will never see you again. Secrets and blackmail are used against you.

The purpose of grooming is to get you to participate in your abuse, guilt you into silence and manipulate you into covering for them . This prolongs the abuse meanwhile if you lied you’ve created a big uphill mountain for you to climb to even have someone believe you. No one believes the troublemaker. When it comes to the taboo subject of abuse no one wants to hear about it. Therefore you try to forget as often as possible and hide it out of embarrassment and shame.

Grooming is hard to battle because we can’t tell the child what’s happening because then we are brainwashing or controlling. It can also make you look like the enemy or a jealous person. There is very little education taught at a level young children can understand. To convince them that someone bought you a gift to hurt you sounds far fetched as an adult. Waiting for them to see through it is not an option. Parents be aware and teach them beforehand. Make sure you know who your children are with at all times. Teach them good touch, bad touch. Be the kind of parent who parents but that your children know can come to for anything. Leave doors to communication open and flowing. Follow your gut feeling about someone and don’t blow it off as impossible. Do not overreact but watch, check and look into things. Research, awareness and believing our children will create a stronger wall to protect them. Please see : www.voices-amplified.com for more information Remember, together we can and will move mountains!

Slavery didn’t end
with abolition.
There are millions of people enslaved throughout the world today, most in plain sight. Through education, awareness and activism, we can end slavery in our lifetime.